§ 18-32. Revised.  


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  • The following sections of the building code adopted in section 18-31 are revised to read as follows:

    101.1. Title: These regulations shall be known as the building code of the Village of Godfrey, hereinafter referred to as "this code".

    103.1. Code official: The department of building inspection is hereby created. The function and duties of the department of building inspection for the Village of Godfrey shall be performed by that person or governmental or private agency or firm designated by the Village of Godfrey to serve such capacity for purposes of administering and enforcing this code, and shall be know as the code official.

    103.2. Appointment: The code official shall be appointed by the board of trustees of the Village of Godfrey and may be a person or persons or governmental or private agency or firm engaged by contract or intergovernmental agreement to serve in the capacity of code official of the Village of Godfrey.

    103.3. Deputy. The President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Godfrey may appoint a deputy code official who may exercise all of the powers of the code official during any temporary absence or unavailability of the code official.

    108.2. Fee schedule: A fee for each plan examination, building permit application, and inspection shall be paid in accordance with the schedule of fees established by the corporate authorities of the Village of Godfrey.

    113.4. Violation and penalties and cost reimbursement: Any person who shall violate a provision of the building codes or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof who shall erect, construct, alter, or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of the building code, or failure to receive the appropriate inspections during and after construction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine as provided by section 1-10 of the Godfrey Code of Ordinances, each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

    Any contractor, roofer, or person who begins work on a building, pool, or structure, not owned by such contractor, roofer or person, to erect, construct, or alter or repair any building or structure that is required to have a building permit and/or inspection pursuant to any building code provision as adopted by the Village of Godfrey and specifically by Section 18-31 the International Building Code of 2009; section 18-181 the International Property Maintenance Code of 2009; or section 18-280 of the International Existing Building Code of 2009, all as adopted by the Godfrey Code of Ordinances, shall be required to pay $250.00 to the Village of Godfrey in addition to the required building permit fee as reimbursement for code enforcement.

    114.3. Unlawful continuance: Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe conditions, shall be liable to a fine as provided by section 1-10 of the Godfrey Code of Ordinances. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

    2901.1. Scope: The design and installation of plumbing systems, including sanitary and storm drainage, sanitary facilities, water supplies and storm water and sewage disposal in buildings, shall comply with the requirements of this article and the Illinois Plumbing Code of 2004 and all subsequent amendments thereto.

(Ord. No. 22-98, § 90.02, 6-17-1998; Ord. No. 64-2000, § 2(90.02), 11-8-2000; Ord. No. 25-2006, §§ 3—6, 10-3-2006; Ord. No. 07-2010, § 1, 4-5-2010; Ord. No. 04-2015, § 1, 3-17-2015; Ord. No. 06-2016, § 1, 4-5-2016; Ord. No. 19-2017, § 2, 9-19-2017)